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@uiten giedre geteld R. o. STURGES, or BA-RNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS. i Letters Patent o.'72,'935, dated December SI, 1867;

IMPROVEMENT IN FEED-BUCKBTS. I I

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To ALL WHoM 1T MAYeoNeERN: l A f A y A i v Be itknown that I, R. Cus'ruens, et Barnstable, inthe countyi-of'Barnstnble, and Stateot-v Massachusetts, have invented anlmproved Feed-Bucket; and I do hereby declarelthat thefollowing,'taken.in connectionv with the drawings which accompany und form prt of this specification, a descriptionofvmy invention sulicient to enable those 'skilledinthe art to practise it. Y 1 I Myv invention relates to the construction of feed-buckets forhorses; my improvement consisting' in mak-ing the bucket with a-grain-chamber surrounding the Acentral crfeeding-chamber, from which it is separated byA a.l partition, which is so clisposedas" to permit communicationbetween the grain and eating-chambers atfthe bottom of the vessel, this construction keeping the feeding-'chamber supplied with grain, but only in `sufficient quantity ,for the animal to consume withoutfwasting by throwing it fromthe bucket.

'The drawings represent-a. feed-bucket embodying my improvement.

A shows a. perspective view of the bucket; B a' centrahsection of the same'. a denotes tbenicin--body of the bucket, having afbottom, l1, 'and rings or other devices for attachment of straps tocon'iine the bucket upon the head of the animal to be fed. Within the bodya is a cylindrical partition, c, which divides the vessel into two parts, a centre-chamber, Land a surrounding chamber, e, these chambers being made to communicate at the bottom of the bucket by carrying the partition e not finite down tothe bott'm, b'. The outer ehiamber,' 'e,

constitutes o. grain-box, and the inner chamber, d', a feeding-box, the one containing the supply of grain tobe fed to the animal, and the bottom of the other constantly receiving grain from this supply as `'the' horse, over whose mouth the feed-chamber is connefl, ents intolthe supply; this'supply b'eing'kept upby gravity, the grain flowing in from the outer lchamber and supplying the place of the 'grain consumedfxom the centre chamber. The grain-chamber e may be covered by. a cap or ring, f,lhingedl upon one' sident the bucket, as seen at g, and secured 'at the opposite side by a.- hasp and staple, as see'n at h, this' cap orcoverv being sn'ungnp when the grain-chamber is to be replenished .with grain., Y v

In charging the bucket, the grain is poured into the chamber c, and runs freely through'intothe centre chamber, until it rises up' to the partition -c, whenY the upper 'surface of the grain actsasfof sort of valve, and prevents continued flow of the,'grain.into the centre chamber, the chamber elth'cn being vcharged until full.

The cover is then closed, and the buckctis ready to be'fastencd upon the heed of' the-horse'. As thegrain is drawn away from the bottom of the-vessel, the grain in chamber c ows in, and continues so to low, as the grain s eaten, until the supply in the grain-chambercis exhausted.

It will readily be seen that there isno large body ot grain presented at any time'to the reach of the. mouth of the horse, and that he cannot, by throwing the bucket np,waste in uch if any of the grain by shaking it from the bucket. I n

I claim a feed-bucket, having an outer or grain-containing chamber, and an inner or feed-chamber counected together, and supplied, the latter' from the former, substantially as set forth.

R. STURGES.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS GoULD, L. H. Lumen, 

